Bruce Berlet, who covered the Whalers, UConn women’s basketball and, most notably, golf at all levels during a 38-year career at The Courant, has died. He was 77 .

Berlet, born in Baltimore, grew up in Litchfield, playing on basketball and soccer state championship teams at Litchfield High before attending UConn. After graduating college, he joined The Courant in 1970, and soon covered the New England Whalers of the WHA, and stayed on the hockey beat when they moved to the NHL in 1979. Later, he was one of the first writers dedicated full-time to women’s basketball, covering the Huskies’ first championship team in 1995 during his six years on that beat.

However, Berlet, an outstanding golfer, was best known for bringing his technical expertise, encyclopedic knowledge of its history a

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